Hiroshima Essential Questions
What is human life worth?
What is war?
Unit Questions
At the end of his 1944 play No Exit, one of Jean Paul Sartre's characters famously exclaims: "Hell is other people." What does this comment mean?
In war, who has the power to choose whether people live or die?
Content Questions
How have nuclear weapons impacted society?
Essential Questions
Are people responsible for actions that they are ordered to carry out?
Kirk states, "I'm not proud of all the deaths it caused, and nobody is. But how do you win a war without killing people?" What do you think about this comment?
Unit Questions
What were the United State's reasons for the use of the atomic bomb on Japan?
What were the effects of the use of the atomic bomb?
Content Questions
How do you think Mr. Kirk felt about the choice to use the bomb directly after the explosion?
Mr. Kirk revisited Japan after the use of the atomic bombs. Do you think you would have been able to do the same after having been a member of the crew that was connected to the devastation?
Essential Questions
What is human life worth?
What is war?
Unit Questions
At the end of his 1944 play No Exit, one of Jean Paul Sartre's characters famously exclaims: "Hell is other people." What does this comment mean?
In war, who has the power to choose whether people live or die?
Content Questions
How have nuclear weapons impacted society?
What is survivor guilt?
Interview with a survivor of the "Enola Gay" crew, Theodore Van Kirk.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,368433,00.html
Essential Questions
Are people responsible for actions that they are ordered to carry out?
Kirk states, "I'm not proud of all the deaths it caused, and nobody is. But how do you win a war without killing people?" What do you think about this comment?
Unit Questions
What were the United State's reasons for the use of the atomic bomb on Japan?
What were the effects of the use of the atomic bomb?
Content Questions
How do you think Mr. Kirk felt about the choice to use the bomb directly after the explosion?
Mr. Kirk revisited Japan after the use of the atomic bombs. Do you think you would have been able to do the same after having been a member of the crew that was connected to the devastation?